Has your nostalgia changed?

[rkotm]

Do you visit back to old games (Say, Super Castlevania 4) and feel a different nostalgia from say 10 or 20 years ago? Has age/life changed your nostalgia for the better? Like for instance, Earthbound for SNES has definitely changed from how i used to play it/remember it. I play it differently now, battles, using items i never have before, and i understand the game much better than i did (also found lots of text from talking to different people, so its like never having played certain parts before) and i look at the game in general differently, however its still a fun, endearing game to me.

[lackofcolour]

Nostalgia is weird, haha. I remember games like Crash + Spyro having the 'best graphics ever', until I went back and played them again. Sometimes I wonder if I should play through a game again because it might ruin the nostalgia I have for it. Then again, I have no trouble going back and playing Pokemon on the Gameboy, haha. Maybe in my case it's graphics, Crash + Spyro don't hold up so well but Pokemon hasn't changed. I am better at games in general now though, so that can ease the strain of the jagged lines on my eyes.

[Boltorano]

I'm not sure if it has changed too much, but I do take some strange steps to maintain it.

I only play Final Fantasy VI, my favorite game, in the late autumn/early winter, because I first rented it from the local video hut around Thanksgiving 1994. That, and the changing of the seasons seems to fit well with the themes of the game.

[Edmond Dantes]

It kind of has. Like for example there was a game I owned since I was a kid that I thought I would never sell, but then recently I realized I don't actually like it that much, and just let go of it. That's been the theme of my life lately, letting go of things, and in doing so finding things I actually like that I shouldn't let go of.

On another level, for me old-schooling used to be about the nostalgia. Nowadays its not really that its old school, but that there are games I like that happen to be old.

[Kyle15]

On another level, for me old-schooling used to be about the nostalgia. Nowadays its not really that its old school, but that there are games I like that happen to be old.

Absolutely. I'm still catching-up with stuff I missed, not just for the sake of being old.

[Rickstilwell1]

I have a different take on nostalgia. I can feel just as nostaligic about an early Playstation 2 game as I can a Genesis or NES game. They just bring back different memories for me. The Nintendo 64 always reminds me of my old neighbor coming over to play multiplayer with me for example.